CHAPTEE IX. 



MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS. 



BESIDE the observations already detailed, observations of 

 the " shadow bands " have been sent to Mr. Walter 

 Maunder for communication to the Association. These were 

 made at Jeur and Nagpur, and Mr. E. W. Johnson also observed 

 them at Buxar. The positions of these three places together 

 with that of the camp at Talni are given in the following 

 table : 



Longitude. Latitude. 



Jeur. . ' .' . . 7510'E. 18 15' N. 



Talni . . '. . 78 12' E. 20 44' N. 



Nagpur . .-'; . 79 8' E. 21 9' N. 



Buxar . . * . 84 0' E. 25 33' N. 



OBSERVATIONS OF THE SHADOW-BANDS AT JEUR. 

 (Communicated by E. Walter Maunder, F.R.A.S.) 



HAVING read Professor Naegamvala's pamphlet on " Instruc- 

 tions for Observing the Total Eclipse," we had provided 

 ourselves with a large white table-cloth, which we spread 

 on the grass, and I seated myself beside it so as to be in a 

 favourable position for watching any bands that might appear. 

 The spot our party of ten or twelve friends had chosen for 

 observation was the summit of a slightly rising ground about a 

 mile, or rather more, east of the railway station at Jeur. Some 

 three minutes before totality I noticed for the first time a dim 

 shadow flit across the sheet in the direction from the north-east 

 to the south-west -just the opposite direction to that of the 

 motion of the moon's shadow over the sun's disc. This first 

 shadow-band seemed for you will remember we had no instru- 

 ments of measurement, and were all of us merely amateur 

 observers some four or five inches broad, and its rate of motion 

 quicker than a man can run. Lengthwise the band extended 

 right across the sheet. In three or four seconds after it had 

 passed away another followed, in appearance and with velocity 



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